SEN Teaching Assistant

Raunds Park Infant School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6NB

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

Raunds Park Infant School is a happy, successful and busy Infant school where we are all passionate about raising expectations and aspirations. As a school, we pride ourselves on placing children at the centre of all we do, focusing on their academic and personal development and reaching their potential in both.

We are incredibly proud of our caring and thoughtful children and also of our wonderful, dedicated staff who provide a learning environment and school ethos in which children can flourish and develop an enthusiasm for life-long learning. As a school, we pride ourselves on high levels of pupil academic achievement because this is a school where achievement and endeavour in all areas are acknowledged and celebrated.

We are a small school with only 6 classes, ranging from age 4 to 7 (EYFS to Year 2). Our environment is small and caring; our staff work hard to ensure children love school and develop a lifelong love for learning.  

The Role:

Raunds Park Infant School is looking to recruit a SEN Teaching Assistant to join the team. You need to be patient, hard-working and have high expectations for yourself and pupils.  The post holder’s prime duties will be assisting the teacher with day-to-day work and helping to deliver learning programmes for individuals and small groups. A commitment to the life of the school is vital! 

Key Tasks:

• To support teachers and pupils in the delivery of quality teaching and learning.

• Provide for the social, emotional and personal development of a pupil with additional needs.

• Promote the involvement of pupils in the social and academic processes of the school.

• Enable pupils to become more independent learners.

• Help raise standards of achievement for pupils.

About You

You will need:

• Level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent

• Proven track record of strong and consistent behaviour management

• Experience of working closely with parents in successful home-school partnerships that support pupils’ needs

• A working knowledge of relevant and effective SEN interventions and how to support pupils with SEND

• Skilled at making and sustaining positive relationships with children

• Able to stimulate children’s interest in learning

• Able to work closely with pupils who are finding learning difficult, or those who have experienced a feeling of failure

• Skilled at developing children’s self-esteem and motivation so that they become resilient, independent learners

• Capable of delivering intervention work and maintaining appropriate records

• Knowledge and understanding of how children learn

• Familiar with IT and its educational uses or approaches

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes

• Access to Cycle to Work

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter

• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional

• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged

• Discounted gym membership

• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employees preferences for when they work

• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes.

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated*

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Raunds Park Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Raunds Park Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/raunds-park-infant-school

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Northamptonshire and Northampton